Career Decisions

I've owned the domain name for two years. It's a good one — short, memorable, the kind of name that looks like a real business waiting to happen. I registered it one night when I c...

Six years. That's how long it's been since I took more than a long weekend off. I know this because I counted, and counting made me feel virtuous, like I was carrying a badge of en...

I asked to go remote three months ago. My manager — a good manager, genuinely — said "we'll see," in the way that means "I don't want to say no to your face." Then nothing. No foll...

I gave my notice on a Tuesday. By Thursday, my manager had doubled my salary.

I've rehearsed the conversation twenty times. Twenty. In the shower, where I'm confident and articulate. On my commute, where I'm measured and calm. At 2am, where I'm honest and te...

It wasn't a promotion. It wasn't more money. It was one of those asks that gets framed as an opportunity but is really just — more. More work, same title, same pay, and a vague pro...

The email went out three weeks ago. "Save the date." Team dinner. A bar I've been to once, for exactly this kind of thing, and swore I'd never go back for. The invite's been sittin...

LinkedIn notification. Tuesday afternoon. I almost swiped it away — I swipe away most of them. Generic messages from people who clearly haven't read my profile. "Impressed by your ...

Some people burn out — dramatic, visible, the kind where you storm out of a meeting or send a resignation email at 2am and mean it.

Okay so.